257 Reasons to Live

257 Reasons to Live
Genre	Comedy-drama
Created by	Alexey Lyapichev; Yana Prokopenko; Mikhail Chistov;
Written by	Mikhail Belenkiy; Yury Belenkiy; Vartan Abramyan; Elizaveta-Varvara Aronova; Nikolay Muratov; Nataliya Kuznetsova; Korney Ratiev; Anastasia Baldina; Andrey Kosa;
Directed by	Maxim Sveshnikov
Starring	Polina Maximova; Egor Koreshkov; Darya Rudenok; Yulia Topolnitskaya; Anastasia Popova; Alexey Zolotovitskiy; Roman Mayakin; Mikhail Grishchenko; Maxim Lagashkin; Asya Gromova; Marusya Fomina; Vitaliy Shcherbina;
Composer(s)	Mikhail Kadurin
Country of origin	Russia
Original language(s)	Russian
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anna Dragunkina
Producer(s)	Vitaly Shlyappo; Eduard Iloyan; Alexey Trotsyuk; Denis Zhalinskiy; Ksenia Sobchak; Mikhail Tkachenko; Diana Tevosova; Alexey Lyapichev; Ivan Kanaev;
Production location(s)	Moscow, Russia
Cinematography	Ilya Averbakh
Editor(s)	Andrey Belan
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	23 minutes
Production company(s)	Yellow, Black and White; SUPER Production;
Distributor	SUPER
Release
Original network	START; TNT
Picture format	1080p (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	March 26 –; June 11, 2020
External links
	Official website

257 Reasons to Live (Russian: 257 причин, чтобы жить) is a Russian R-rated comedy-drama television series. The show is produced by Yellow, Black and White and Super Production. Maxim Sveshnikov serves as director and Anna Dragunkina is an executive producer for the show.

The series stars Polina Maximova as Evgeniya Korotkova, a young woman who has defeated her cancer. Egor Koreshkov, Yulia Topolnitskaya, Maxim Lagashkin, Marusya Fomina and Roman Mayakin also star in the show. The series received a presentation pilot commitment at START in summer 2019. 257 Reasons to Live was ordered to series in July 2019.[1] The series is primarily filmed in Moscow.

The series debuted on START on March 26, 2020,[2] the show had its TV premiere on TNT on June 8, 2020.

Premise

Thirty-year-old Zhenya recovers from cancer and finds her life in shambles. Her troubles just beginning, she discovers an old list in her diary of 257 things she had wanted to do if she lived that gives her a reason to go on.

Cast and characters

Main

Polina Maximova as Evgeniya "Zhenya" Korotkova, a 30-year-old young woman who recovered from cancer.
Egor Koreshkov as Konstantin "Kostya", a tennis coach.
Darya Rudenok as Sofia "Sonya", Zhenya's younger sister, Ruslan's girlfriend.
Yulia Topolnitskaya as Anna "Anya", a pregnant friend and colleague of Zhenya.
Anastasia Popova as Irina "Ira", a friend and colleague of Zhenya
Alexey Zolotovitskiy as Nikolay "Kolya" Muratov, a colleague of Zhenya.
Roman Mayakin as Igor Sergeyevich, CEO of the company, Zhenya's chief.
Mikhail Grishchenko as Ruslan "Rus", Sonya's boyfriend.

Recurring

Maxim Lagashkin as Oleg, Kostya's friend.
Asya Gromova as "Danya", Kostya's daughter.
Marusya Fomina as Viktoria "Vika", a colleague of Kostya, his lover.
Vitaliy Shcherbina as Nikita, Danya's boyfriend.

Guest

Sergey Godin as Dmitry "Mitya", an ex-boyfriend of Zhenya, he is dating with Alisa.
Anna Nevskaya as Alisa Yuryevna, Zhenya's oncologist, she is dating with Mitya.
Kirill Nagiev as Artyom.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Part 1"	Maxim Sveshnikov	TBA	March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)
Zhenya has been fighting for her life for several years. After defeating a deadly disease, she learns that no one needs her to be healthy. Well, let it be! Zhenya has 257 cherished wishes, it's time to make a wish come true.
2	"Part 2"	Maxim Sveshnikov	TBA	March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)
After the accident, Zhenya remembers that she lost her old notebook, where she were writing all her wishes during the illness. And Konstantin offers her his financial help.
3	"Part 3"	Maxim Sveshnikov	TBA	April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)
The desired guinea pig doesn't bring joy and it turns out that Zhenya has a strong allergy to it. She tries to hand over the guinea pig to one of the pet stores. But the Konstantin appears again.
4	"Part 4"	Maxim Sveshnikov	TBA	April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)
At the police Zhenya meets a downshifter and a traveler Artyom who offers her to start a new life and move to Bali. She seems to agree. In the evening she drives to the airport.
5	"Part 5"	Maxim Sveshnikov	TBA	April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)
Sonya needs to do a full medical examination, but she doesn't have enough money for a paid service and Zhenya promises to help Sonya. Zhenya decides to ask her cynical boss Igor Sergeyevich.

Release

257 Reasons to Live premiered on the streaming service START on March 26, 2020. START releases 257 Reasons episodes on a weekly basis.

The series had its TV premiere on TNT on June 8, 2020.

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References

"Polina Maximova Will Find '257 Reasons to Live'". InterMedia. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
"Polina Maximova and Egor Koreshkov Will Fight Cancer & Find 257 Reasons to Live and Love". InterMedia. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

External links

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[1] "Polina Maximova Will Find '257 Reasons to Live'". InterMedia. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

[2] "Polina Maximova and Egor Koreshkov Will Fight Cancer & Find 257 Reasons to Live and Love". InterMedia. February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.